Juan Garcia Cortez

Juan Garcia Cortez (1935-) was a Colonel of the Bolivian Army. Cortez was a strong general who survived thirty coups and nine assassination attempts on his life, and he was both a great politician of Bolivia as well as a criminal: in 1986 he stole missile guidance technology from France while he was in the United States.

Biography
Juan Garcia Cortez was born in 1935 in Bolivia, and he rose through the ranks of the Bolivian Army. Cortez became an influential figure in politics, becoming very wealthy and owning a private yacht. He survived thirty coups and nine assassination attempts, proving his strength. In 1986, Cortez vacationed to Miami, Florida in the United States, where he intended to steal missile technology from France. He befriended mobster Tommy Vercetti, who met the corrupt GIGN agent Pierre La Ponce at the Washington Mall of Ocean Beach, Miami to retrieve the chips from him. The deal was crashed by the DGSE and GIGN, and Tommy killed several French agents in the shootout before retrieving the missile chips and giving them to Cortez.

Later, the French government decided to arrange his assassination, so Cortez decided to leave Miami on his yacht. He called Tommy, who headed to his yacht and provided security as he left. GIGN and DGSE agents commandeered several boats and tried to destroy the yacht or block its path, but the crew fired on the French agents, killing several of them. Two French helicopters carrying agents were shot down, and an attack helicopter was also destroyed. Cortez escaped, and he gave Tommy his personal launch boat as a gift from him, parting as friends.